Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 51 New World Shooting

Soon, the crew entered a normal shooting atmosphere.

Thanks to Zhou Mo's explanations and reminders before the filming, the filming process was quite smooth. Even though Zhou Mo had to take on two positions, he was just busier but did not slow down the process.

Zhuang Wenqiang went to find Zhou Mo.

"Director Zhou, at this rate, we might be able to wrap up in April, not even until May."

Zhou Mo nodded, a smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.

Although "New World" is not a star-studded drama, the average acting level of the entire crew is not low.

The roles played by Ni Dahong and Wang Zhifei were not difficult at all.

As for Section Chief Jiang, a white-on-black character, it is completely within Andy Lau's comfort zone.

He said with some regret, "I still don't have enough experience. If Director Wang were to shoot this kind of scene, it probably wouldn't even take a month."

It took Fatty Wang less than fifteen days to shoot "The Demon Cult Leader" that year.

The key is that after filming, the movie presentation effect is pretty good, even the Ming Cult's Five Elements Flags formation is shown, which many other TV dramas cannot do.

Zhou Mo was envious of the speed at which movies were made.

If he could shoot at this speed, he could save a lot of money.

Fortunately, Zhou Mo's progress was not slow. After a month, the plot had already advanced more than half.

The leader of the Kinmen organization is dead, and several successors have their own plans and are ready to make moves. In addition, Section Chief Jiang is trying to sow discord and form alliances.

The situation is on the verge of breaking out.

Soon, we arrived at the focus of the whole play——

Elevator Battle.

The background of the plot is that Section Chief Jiang deceived Li Zhongjiu into mistakenly believing that Ding Qing was trying to harm him. In anger, Li Zhongjiu sent his men to surround and kill Ding Qing when his defense was weak.

Although Ding Qing was brave, he could not defeat four hands with two fists. He fought and retreated until he reached an elevator.

When the elevator was opened, the people inside had been waiting for a long time.

Ding Qing was pulled into the elevator, and between life and death, he burst out with a strong will to survive.

In the narrow elevator, Ding Qing managed to kill six armed gangsters by himself by twisting and turning, catching swords with his bare hands, and cutting off the throat with a single knife, etc., at the cost of being seriously injured himself.

This scene was even more exciting than the one where Captain America fought the Hydra team.

"This scene is shot from top to bottom, so it's hard to capture the characters' expressions. So your movements must be desperate and even bloody to show the brutality of the battle."

Zhou Mo explained the details to the people in front of him.

He looked at Sun Honglei in front of him and said, "Brother Honglei, this scene is very important. It is the first and only scene in the whole play that shows Ding Qing's ferocity and madness. You have never filmed any urban fighting scenes before, and the movements are quite difficult. Do you want the teacher to simulate it for you a few more times?"

Sun Honglei was wet all over at this moment.

He had just run several laps outside and was sweating all over.

This was to simulate the situation where Ding Qing was ambushed by more than a dozen vans, and he fought and retreated, and finally reached the elevator, only to find that a gangster was already waiting inside.

Hearing Zhou Mo's question, he just smiled, with a bit of fierceness on his lips: "Don't worry, Director Zhou, have you forgotten what I did before?"

"Ok?"

"I used to be the champion of the Heilongjiang Province Breakdance Competition and also won the second prize in the National Dance Competition. It's just a simple move. Zhang Jin has rehearsed it with me several times. It's no problem."

Seeing the fierce look between his eyebrows, Zhou Mo knew that the other party had entered the state, so he said no more and arranged for people to start working.

While Sun Honglei was wiping the blood off his body, Zhou Mo found Zhang Jin and said, "Brother Jin, please help me keep an eye on a few people in this scene. Don't let them get hurt."

He also invited Zhang Jin to come to film this movie.

One reason was to ask him to help design the movements, and the other was to help him carry the coffee.

Although "Fast and Furious 1" does not require the male lead to have the ability to carry the box office, it does exist.

Although Keanu had been silent for a long time before "Fast and Furious" and had made bad movies like "Man of Tai Chi" and "47 Ronin", when people mention him, they still think of his savior in "The Matrix" and Constantine in "Hellblazer".

This is the brand effect.

Although the audience will no longer buy tickets for him mindlessly, his presence can still bring good publicity effects to a good movie.

In comparison, Zhang Jin's ability is much worse.

The roles that really made Zhang Jin famous in his previous life were the warden in "SPL 2" and Ma San in "The Grandmaster".

Before this, his only well-known role was the third brother Tongxin in "Water Moon Cave".

Therefore, in order to facilitate the subsequent filming of "New World", Zhou Mo directly asked him to join the movie "New World" and play a cold-faced killer under the protagonist Li Zicheng.

Although the role is not big, it is quite important to the plot.

In the later period, every time Li Zicheng killed someone, he was the one to deal with it.

It's a character that easily leaves a deep impression on people.

In "Fast and Furious 1", the audience can easily immerse themselves in the identity of the "killer".

Back to the present, Zhang Jin also knew the importance of this scene and nodded: "Don't worry, Director Zhou, I will definitely not let Brother Honglei get hurt."

At the same time, Sun Honglei was also ready and walked to the elevator door with bloodstains on his body.

"start!"……

Three hours later.

The moment the elevator door opened, a group of police officers in uniform, holding batons and facing blast shields took a step back when they saw blood splattered in the elevator and people lying on the ground.

"Okay, this one passes."

Zhou Mo looked at the camera and saw that Sun Honglei could hardly breathe, but his eyes were still fierce, and he was extremely satisfied.

After all, he is an actor who can win the Grand Slam of Best Actor, so his acting skills are absolutely guaranteed when he takes it seriously.

Sadly, it can only last a few more years.

After a few years of filming variety shows, it won’t be possible anymore.

Sun Honglei changed his clothes and came over. "Director, my performance was not bad, wasn't it?"

"Great! The aura of risking one's life for the benefit of the young is just right, showing Ding Qing's rough and desperate character to the fullest."

"It's still good to be guided by the director." Sun Honglei was very satisfied with his performance just now: "Director Zhou, just because you asked me to play Ding Qing, just call me when you need me in the future."

Zhou Mo suddenly had an idea: "Since you said so, wouldn't it be disrespectful to you if I don't accept it?"

Sun Honglei was stunned: "Is there really a play for me to act in?"

Zhou Mo: "It's just a cameo. I need a lot of big names to help me in my next movie."

Sun Honglei heard this and reacted: "John Wick?"

"Correct."

"No problem, just contact me when the time comes." Sun Honglei agreed readily.

After chatting with Sun Honglei, Zhou Mo prepared to start filming another scene——

Han Ji-jung had a miscarriage.

This scene takes place almost at the same time as Ding Qing's ambush.

Li Zhongjiu's attack on Ding Qing's forces was comprehensive. He not only sent people to ambush Ding Qing, but also sent people to attack Han Zhijing.

Fortunately, Han Zhijing was protected as Jing Fang's informant.

Before the gangsters could even take any action, they were all arrested by Jing Fang.

Unfortunately, Han Zhijing was still too frightened, causing irreversible damage to the fetus.

In the hospital, Han Zhijing finally couldn't bear the inner torment anymore when Li Zicheng rushed over, and told Li Zicheng everything she knew.

"I'm sorry, Zicheng..."

"stop!"

Zhou Mo stopped the scene.

He sat in front of the bed, frowning.

This was the seventh time he called a halt.

The thing that had always worried him finally happened——

Liu Shishi's acting is unstable and she is unable to show Han Zhijing's tormented state. Besides her eyes not being up to standard, even her lines are not that good.

"It's careless."

Zhou Mo sighed inwardly. He had been so busy filming these days that he forgot to give Liu Shishi a pre-match surprise.

Fortunately, it’s not too late to feed you poetry.

There is still a chance to remedy the situation.

"Forget it, let's stop here for today."

Zhou Mo waved his hand and informed everyone to pack up.

As soon as he stood up, a small hand pulled the corner of Zhou Mo's clothes.

When he turned around, Liu Shishi was staring at him with a red face.

"Help."

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